Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-05-19
THE EAST.

BosToN customs inspectors recently
seized as Struggled 5000 cigars and some
Jamaica rum and wine from the fruit
schooner Rebecca r. Nickerson, of Booth
Bay, from Baraco, and arrested her MASTER
Captain A. w. Latner.
WALTER VRooMAN, editor of the Labor
Organizer, of Kansas City, Mo-, got INTO
trouble with his audience recently at lee
ture in Allegheny, Pa, by calling the
American flag a pole with rag at the
end of it,
The Pennsylvania House has refused to
pass q bill for suffrage without regard to
sex and another prohibiting discrimination
by telephone companies and regulating the
rental of the instruments.
AFTER several days consumed in hearing
testimony, the charge of conspiracy against
Archibald, Rogers and McGregor, the Buff
falo On. Y.) oil millionaires, has been dis
missed.
FIVE men were terribly injured by cave
In ot'red-hot rubbish at the Edgar Thorn
son works, Braddocks, Pa, recently, their
clothing being burned entirely from their
bodies and the flesh literally cooked The
names of the victims are: John Zawlewos-
key, John Gearceft, John Gedard, John La
waite and Charles Ledonoski.
THE most destructive fire that Northern
New Hampshire has ever known occurred
Read, Mason q Co.'s furniture factory and
burning southerly, destroying every thing
in that direction. The loss was estimated
at 500, 600 while the insurance was $40, 000
ANOTHER attempt has been made to burn
the Pennsylvania railroad depot in Jersey
City, N. j. The flames were extinguished
before any great damage was done.
THE Western Nail Association met in
Pittsburgh, Pa, May IL and reaffirmed the
oar raj 90 raf 10 Nyac RI dull
FIRE recently destroyed Shaw Bros tan
merry and saw mill at Grand Lake Stream
Me. Loss, S125. 900.
THE Federal Club of New York City gave
a banquet to Theodore Roosevelt the Other
night.
THE directors of the Pennsylvania roaG
have voted to issue $780, 900 of new stool
TO pay for contemplated improvements.
Two badly tainted car loads of Western
beef were seized at New Y ork fre ght de
pot recently by the city health officers.
BANGOR, Me-, and Middleboro and Buz
yards Bay, Mass, report large forest fires
Much damage has already been done ant
% much greater loss is threatened in timbe
and buildings.
AT New Boston, N. H, fire destroyed tn,
town house, one church, two chapels, on
store and shop and seven dwellings. Loss
$40 600; insurance, $4,000.
A RUMoR circulated on Wall street Of
the 18th that the following arrangement
had been made to take the Baltimore 4
Ohio stock under Garrett options: Tn
G Ives-Stayner party to take SS7, 600 GOO; ia.
Gould, 6,O00, 600; Pullman and Adams Ex
press party, S6,00o,000, and other partie
smaller amounts
THE main barn, together with tweuty-fiv
head of prize Jersey stock and several hog
and sheep of the Nathaniel Thayer ~.Lat
in Lancaster, Mass, was burned the O.he
night. Two other barns were damaged
Loss, SIS, 600
THE national convention of the Ancien
Order of Hibernians, at New York recent
Nv. elected the following officens for tn
ensuing year: National delegate, JOSEPH
Cahill, of Chicago; national secretary
William Sheridan, of Jersey City, and ma
tienal treasurer, Thomas Fitzpatrick, o
1ssw York.